Below-average rainfall - even through the rainy season - has plagued the Amazon and much of South America since last year, also feeding the worst wildfires in more than a decade in Brazil and Bolivia.

The Amazon basin houses over three million species in its rainforest ecosystem, with over 2,500 tree species creating and sustaining this vibrant environment. One in ten known species in the world ...

MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) -The river port in the Amazon rainforest's largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought drains waterways and snarls transport of grain ...

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — One of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, Brazil’s geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated ...

Brazil bet big on a mega river dam using old data, but climate change is leaving its massive turbines high and dry.

The Amazon Rainforest—a vast green expanse across nine countries, covering over six million square kilometers. From above, it ...

Scientists studying Peru’s Boiling River found 11% fewer tree species for every 1°C (1.8°F) increase in temperature, offering insights into how climate change might affect the Amazon Rainforest. The ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change.

The Amazon rainforest is a biological jackpot, a climate regulator, and a living history book all at once. Scientists are still learning new things about it every year, and what’s already known is ...

The Amazon River begins as capillaries of water trickling down the eastern slopes of the Andes. The waters flow, gathering ...

For generations, the word safari conjured images of dusty Land Rovers bouncing across the Serengeti in search of lions and elephants. But new species of plants and animals are discovered in the Amazon ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Seated on the front bench of the voadeira, a motorized canoe taking us deeper into the Amazon rainforest along the Iriri River ...